Expert tips on how to make things work for you while integrating tech into your homes The potential of integrating technology into the living environment has ignited the surge to explore the concept ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Gold writes about wellness design and related housing topics. What does smart home technology look like for you? Is it an ...

LA Times Studios may earn commission from purchases made through our links. Luxury, once a synonym for extravagance, is being quietly rewritten. In today’s most coveted homes, the magic is in what you ...

Plenty of entrepreneurs talk about disrupting an industry. Jessica Banks, founder of RockPaperRobot, is going to disrupt your furniture. Don’t laugh. Banks, a polymath who double-majored in physics ...

The “smart” in smart homes comes as an afterthought — it’s not the home itself that’s intelligent. Rather, it’s the devices and appliances in it. A few companies are designing and building homes to ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Since 2008, viewers have been keeping a close eye on the many innovations HGTV's yearly Smart Home would unveil. Sometimes the surprises were ...

Frugal living does not have to feel like a sacrifice when smart home tech quietly trims bills and stress in the background.

You might think of a "smart home" as a sterile place, where efficiency crowds out craftsmanship. But the Arizona artisans who helped build the 2017 HGTV Smart Home, completed last month in north ...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is, for many, about devices we connect to a network for convenience, such as thermostats, light switches, connected cars and interactive toys for our kids. While the IoT ...

Smart shades from SmartWings connect via the Matter over Thread protocol, which makes them responsive, energy-efficient, and ...